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How one pediatrician is trying to reduce neonatal deaths in Somalia Format For Dr Ubah Farah Ahmed, returning to Somalia was not an easy decision to make, but she knew it was the right thing to do. “I have two children who are now in their mid-twenties still in Rome, but they understand why I had to return,” she says. With an elderly father living in Mogadishu, the 48-year-old pediatrician had always known she would be back one day “to do my part to help.” She left Somalia in 1991 due to the civil war and lived in Italy for the last 29 years, where she also studied medicine.

Position Title: Senior Programme Administrative Assistant (Re-advertisement) Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya Type of Appointment: Special Short Term, Nine months with possibility of extension Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible Closing Date: 15 April, 2021 Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice ...

Mogadishu – Somalia’s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis. Moreover, frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19 and other threats of epidemic potential often have limited expertise and experience treating critically ill patients.

Content provided by Last updated: 15/01 - 18:10 Somalia’s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis.    Moreover, frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19 and other threats of epidemic potential often have limited expertise and experience treating critically ill patients. That lack of diagnostic resources, coupled with very limited modern medical technology, can create havoc in a...

IOM Somalia Supports New ‘Telemedicine’ Enhancement for Migrants and Host Communities Format A healthcare worker screens a patient at the entrance of IOM’s supported Maternal Health Clinic in Garowe, Puntland, August 2020 © IOM Somalia/Tobin Jones Mogadishu -- Somalia's health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of more than 2.6 million Somalis. Moreover, frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19 and other threats of epidemic potential often have limited expertise and experience...